Mannheim Power Station Expansion

Mannheim Power Station Expansion is proposed by Grosskraftwerk Mannheim (GKM) to have an installed capacity of 800 megawatts though Power in Europe describes it as a €1.2 billion 900 megawatt project with a notional commissioning date of 2013. The newsletter describes the GKW consortium consisting of "RWE Power with 40%, ENBW Kraftwerke with 32% and MVV Energie with 28%". The concept of the project is that it replace two existing 220-MW units. "The project has political, trade union and industry support, but environmental groups are opposed to the plan," ''Power in Europe reports.

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